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James Lawler was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 3rd Oct 1819 and arriving 4th Mar 1820 with 143 passengers.
The Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Castle Forbes arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 27 January 1820. After their arrival in Sydney, 136 men were sent on to Van Diemen's Land Colony (now named Tasmania), arriving in Hobart 1 March 1820. 4 men remained in New South Wales and 4 deaths recorded on this voyage. Alexander Pearce (the infamous bushranger) was one of these men. (Incomplete register of persons transported - records are currently being inputted)
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116. James Lawler, 5 ft 4, dark brown hair, light grey eyes, age 32, a labourer, tried at Kildare in 1819, sentence 14 years,(now under a colonial sentence), per Castle Forbes, native of Kildare, absconded from Road party, near Launceston, Jan 4, 1832. Reward L2. Hobart Town Gazette, 14 Jan 1832. ----------------------------------------------------- October 7, 1834. The Period for which the undermentioned persons were transported having expired, certificates of their freedom have been granted to them accordingly,— James Lawler, 116. Castle Forbes. Launceston Advertiser, 13 Oct 1834.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Lawler, age on arrival, 20, per Castle Forbes (1), 1820, Tried at Kildare, 1819, 14 years. DOB, 1800, native place, Kildare Co., Trade, Chaise boy.